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 : Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1


Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1

Female staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross Station, set up, along with similar buffets at other London terminus, to provide food and refreshments to soldiers passing through the station, either coming home on leave or returning to the front. The buffets were free, staffed entirely by volunteers and catered for thousands of soldiers each week

Picture No
14096391
Media ID
45689569
Size
5700px x 3265px (1.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 1 January 1916
Date
1916

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